# Electoral history of Michael Gove

This is a summary of the electoral history of Michael Gove, who was a prominent Conservative Party politician who served as a Cabinet minister under David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak, and was a Member of Parliament from 2005 to 2024.

## Parliamentary elections
### 2005 general election

2005 general election: Surrey Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Michael Gove | 24,642 | 51.5 | +1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosalyn Harper | 13,797 | 28.8 | +3.1 |
| | Labour | Chris Lowe | 7,989 | 16.7 | –4.7 |
| | UKIP | Steve Smith | 1,430 | 3.0 | –0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,845 | 22.7 | –1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,858 | 62.9 | +3.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | –0.7 | |

### 2010 general election

2010 general election: Surrey Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Michael Gove | 31,326 | 57.6 | +6.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Hilliar | 14,037 | 25.8 | –3.0 |
| | Labour | Matt Willey | 5,552 | 10.2 | –6.5 |
| | UKIP | Mark Stroud | 3,432 | 6.3 | +3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17,289 | 31.8 | +9.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,347 | 70.0 | +7.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +4.5 | |

### 2015 general election

2015 general election: Surrey Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Michael Gove | 32,582 | 59.9 | +2.3 |
| | UKIP | Paul Chapman | 7,778 | 14.3 | +8.0 |
| | Labour | Laween Atroshi | 6,100 | 11.2 | +1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann-Marie Barker | 4,937 | 9.1 | –16.8 |
| | Green | Kimberley Lawson | 2,400 | 4.4 | New |
| | Christian | Juliana Brimicombe | 361 | 0.7 | New |
| | Independent | Bob and Roberta Smith | 273 | 0.5 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 24,804 | 45.6 | +13.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,431 | 68.5 | –1.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### 2017 general election

2017 general election: Surrey Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Michael Gove | 37,118 | 64.2 | +4.3 |
| | Labour | Laween Atroshi | 12,175 | 21.1 | +9.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann-Marie Barker | 6,271 | 10.8 | +1.7 |
| | Green | Sharon Galliford | 2,258 | 3.9 | –0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 24,943 | 43.1 | –2.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 57,822 | 71.6 | +3.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | –2.8 | |

### 2019 general election

2019 general election: Surrey Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Michael Gove | 34,358 | 58.6 | –5.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alasdair Pinkerton | 16,009 | 27.3 | +16.5 |
| | Labour | Brahma Mohanty | 5,407 | 9.2 | –11.9 |
| | Green | Sharon Galliford | 2,252 | 3.8 | –0.1 |
| | UKIP | David Roe | 628 | 1.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18,349 | 31.3 | –11.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 58,654 | 72.1 | +0.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | –11.0 | |

## Conservative Party leadership elections
### 2016 leadership election

| Candidate | Candidate | First ballot: 5 July 2016 | First ballot: 5 July 2016 | Second ballot: 7 July 2016 | Second ballot: 7 July 2016 | Members' vote (Cancelled) | Members' vote (Cancelled) |
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Theresa May | 165 | 50.2 | 199 | 60.5 | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Andrea Leadsom | 66 | 20.1 | 84 | 25.5 | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| | Michael Gove | 48 | 14.6 | 46 | 14.0 | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| | Stephen Crabb | 34 | 10.3 | Withdrew, endorsed May | Withdrew, endorsed May | Withdrew, endorsed May | Withdrew, endorsed May |
| | Liam Fox | 16 | 4.9 | Eliminated, endorsed May | Eliminated, endorsed May | Eliminated, endorsed May | Eliminated, endorsed May |
| Turnout | Turnout | 329 | 99.7 | 329 | 99.7 | — | — |
| Theresa May unopposed ||||||||

### 2019 leadership election

| Candidate | First ballot: 13 June 2019 | First ballot: 13 June 2019 | Second ballot: 18 June 2019 | Second ballot: 18 June 2019 | Second ballot: 18 June 2019 | Third ballot: 19 June 2019 | Third ballot: 19 June 2019 | Third ballot: 19 June 2019 | Fourth ballot: 20 June 2019 | Fourth ballot: 20 June 2019 | Fourth ballot: 20 June 2019 | Fifth ballot: 20 June 2019 | Fifth ballot: 20 June 2019 | Fifth ballot: 20 June 2019 | Members' vote: 6-22 July 2019 | Members' vote: 6-22 July 2019 | Members' vote: 6-22 July 2019 |
| Candidate | Votes | % | Votes | ± | % | Votes | ± | % | Votes | ± | % | Votes | ± | % | Votes | % | % Votes Cast |
| Boris Johnson | 114 | 36.4 | 126 | 12 | 40.3 | 143 | 17 | 45.7 | 157 | 14 | 50.2 | 160 | 3 | 51.1 | 92,153 | 57.8 | 66.4 |
| Jeremy Hunt | 43 | 13.7 | 46 | 3 | 14.7 | 54 | 8 | 17.3 | 59 | 5 | 18.8 | 77 | 18 | 24.6 | 46,656 | 29.3 | 33.6 |
| Michael Gove | 37 | 11.8 | 41 | 4 | 13.1 | 51 | 10 | 16.3 | 61 | 10 | 19.5 | 75 | 14 | 24.0 | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| Sajid Javid | 23 | 7.3 | 33 | 10 | 10.5 | 38 | 5 | 12.1 | 34 | 4 | 10.9 | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| Rory Stewart | 19 | 6.1 | 37 | 18 | 11.8 | 27 | 10 | 8.6 | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| Dominic Raab | 27 | 8.6 | 30 | 3 | 9.6 | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| Matt Hancock | 20 | 6.4 | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| Andrea Leadsom | 11 | 3.5 | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| Mark Harper | 10 | 3.2 | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| Esther McVey | 9 | 2.9 | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| Votes cast | 313 | 100.0 | 313 | | 100.0 | 313 | | 100.0 | 313 | | 100.0 | 313 | | 100.0 | 139,318 | 87.4 | 100 |
| Spoilt ballots | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 0.6 | 1 | 1 | 0.3 | 509 | 0.3 | |
| Abstentions | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 20,085 | 12.6 | |
| Registered Voters | 313 | 100.0 | 313 | | 100.0 | 313 | | 100.0 | 313 | | 100.0 | 313 | | 100.0 | 159,403 | 100.0 | |